Pearson 7094793 Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition For courses in project management. Project Management Fundamentals with Broad Applications In its Fourth Edition, Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage takes a contemporary, decisive, and business-oriented approach to teaching.

Description For courses in project management. The fundamentals of project management with a wide assortment of business applications. Project Management takes a decision-making, business-oriented approach to the management of projects, which is reinforced throughout the text with current examples of project management in action.

And because understanding project management is central to operations in various industries, this text also addresses project management within the context of a variety of successful organizations, whether publicly held, private, or not-for-profit. For courses in project management.

The fundamentals of project management with a wide assortment of business applications. Project Management takes a decision-making, business-oriented approach to the management of projects, which is reinforced throughout the text with current examples of project management in action. And because understanding project management is central to operations in various industries, this text also addresses project management within the context of a variety of successful organizations, whether publicly held, private, or not-for-profit.

Project Profiles. Each chapter contains one or more Project Profiles that highlight current examples of project management in action. Some of the profiles reflect significant achievements while others detail famous (and not-so-famous) examples of project failures.

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Because these examples cover a wide range of industries (IT projects, construction, new product development, etc.), there should be at least one profile per chapter that is meaningful to the class focus. End-of-Chapter Cases.

The cases found at the end of each chapter take specific examples of the material covered and apply them as case studies, allowing students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the chapter. Some of the cases are fictitious, but most are based on real situations.

These cases also include discussion questions that can be used either for homework or to facilitate classroom discussions. Integrated Project Exercises. The Integrated Project exercises help students learn the mechanics of developing a detailed and comprehensive project plan that includes scope, scheduling, risk assessment, budgeting and cost estimation, and more.

If students run into trouble as they develop their plan, they can refer to an example of a completed project (ABCups, Inc.), which is featured in each chapter of the text. Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). In order to help students understand the business guidelines, the chapters in this text identify and cross-list the corresponding knowledge areas from the PMBOK.